IN PERSON;
[Stiles sighs. Lydia makes good points, but he knows that he does too — it's less that Erica makes him feel comfortable and more that she just doesn't make him feel invisible as often as his other friends unintentionally do — and they'll probably talk themselves in circles and end up fighting if they aren't already, should the conversation continue much longer. So he relents.]
I don't need you to be anything, you don't ever have to talk to her if you don't want to; nobody is asking you to. Least of all me. Okay?